 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Josh
Welcome to OCF. I am so sorry to hear about your mother's 2nd recurrance. This type of cancer can be very sneak and come back when you least expect it. My first recurrance was 10 months post radiation and after a clear PET scan. Please let your mom know she is not alone, many people here have been thru a recurrance. Im on my 2nd one right now too.
Im not sure of your location but when you mentioned Phila. I am about an hour north. Im being treated at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown. There is a large cancer center at the hospital on their Cedar Crest Blvd branch. Several other local OCf memebrs have been treated there as well.
Wishing you all the best with all the difficult decisions coming up. Saying prayers and wishing your mother the strength she needs to battle this awful monster.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
